While initial cost may be lower for small batch operations, this is seldom true for continuous
operations that require a costly, redundant filtration system - including piping, valves, support,
and service connections - to maintain production.
HIDDEN COSTS |
| To begin, there's the ongoing disposable filter purchase price,
which typically runs at least $3 per bag or cartridge per day, plus the ongoing cost of waste disposal.
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| For non-hazardous waste, disposal is already $400-$800 USD
per drum, while that of hazardous waste is approaching $1,000 per drum. |
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| It's not unusual for the typical pharmaceutical company or other fine-chemical
based manufacturer to produce up to 20 drums per year of filter media for disposal, not counting
the cost of treating or eliminating any run-off process fluids. |
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| Beyond this, there are significant labor costs involved with transporting,
handling and storing disposable filter media, as well as with replacing it. |
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EXAMPLE |
For just a small 30-gpm cartridge filter with six 10-inch cartridges,
the operator must:
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- Remove 16 separate parts including the cover, compression seals, cartridges, and
seal plates
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- The operator must reassemble all 16 parts with proper alignment to ensure good seals
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- Then someone must haul away the spent filter media
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- There's also a housekeeping cost for cleaning any spillage from disposable media,
along with increased emissions, safety risk, and liability
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- Then there's the potential cost of disposable media rupturing or overflowing
(as bags sometimes do), contaminating product or machinery downstream and slowing production
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- Finally, add the cost of buying, maintaining, and cleaning workers' protective clothing for replacing disposable media
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- As well as the extra time and labor required to fill out MSDS forms and other
paperwork required for items hauled to landfills or incinerators
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SOLUTION
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